Buffalo County NeArchives Obituaries.....Garrelts, Elnora T. Bienhoff January 22, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com June 30, 2010, 3:51 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald Jan. 24, 2009 Elnora T. Garrelts, 86, of Kearney, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 at the Mother Hull Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the First Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Revs. Eric Lesher and Roy Rasmussen officiating. Interment will be in the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the O’Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior to services on Monday at the church. Survivors include her daughter, Shirley (Dennis) Hoffman of Collierville, Tenn; daughter-in-law, Kay Garrelts of Lexington; four grandchildren, Melinda Garrelts of Lexington, Matthew (Rebecca) Garrelts of Eddyville, Kevin Hoffman of Memphis, Tenn., and Rochelle Benson of Spotsylvania, Va.; five great- grandchildren, Ryan, Ashleigh, Kelly, Garrett and Emily; brothers, Lavon (Eunice) Bienhoff of Hastings and Glen (Jeri) Bienhoff of Holdrege. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, parents and son, Robert. She was born on Oct. 19, 1922 north of Bloomington to Mid and Hanna (Post) Bienhoff. Elnora was baptized in her parent’s home and was confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Macon. She attended the country school north of Bloomington and later attended Bloomington High School. On Jan. 5, 1943 she was united in marriage to Henry H. Garrelts in Smith Center, Kan. They made their home in Kearney. They were married for 56 years when her husband Henry died May 11, 1999. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/buffalo/obits/g/garrelts163gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb